For my own reference more than anyone else's

Here's the list of cities that The Very Most have played in:

Idaho
Boise
Garden City
Meridian
Nampa
Caldwell
Mountain Home
Pocatello
Rexburg
Hailey
Fairfield
Moscow

Utah
Logan
Salt Lake City
Provo

Washington
Kennewick
Olympia
Spokane
Spokane Valley
Seattle
Bellingham
Pullman
Walla Walla

Oregon
Portland
La Grande

United Kingdom
Glasgow, Scotland

Republic of Ireland
Dundalk
Dublin

John McMahon, master of all low pitched instruments

Just a quick update to let you know that we have a new bass player now: John McMahon. John has an illustrious career in the Boise music scene, playing with such bands and artists as The Sleestacks, Built to Spill (You know those amazing cello parts on There's Nothing Wrong With Love? That's him.), Draw, and Kris Doty. We recently lured him out of a short-lived rock retirement and things have been going swimmingly.

In other news, today a new song was released by my side project Baffin Island. It's for the Between Two Waves comp put out by Eardrums Pop. Give it a listen!

Custom Songs and Remixes

So, back in '08 we did this crazy thing where, if someone bought our album Congratulations Forever, we would write and record a song about whatever they wanted. Lots of people took us up on this and we wrote and recorded a lot of songs about girlfriends, boyfriends, daughters, and even articles of clothing. Some were good, some were better, some were just really strange. In any case, we thought they may be of interest to a lot of you, so we decided to offer a collection of these songs as a download-only bonus album that you get when you buy our latest album A Year With The Very Most. We also have some remixes commissioned by Indiecater that we've included in the collection. If you'd like to hear a track, give a listen to "Indie Rock Queen."

So, yup. There you have it. If this sounds good, just click here to buy our latest album. (If you've already bought our CD, just get in touch and we'll send a download code to your email.)

Thanks, and hope you enjoy the songs!

Wanna make me tear up?

Just play one of these songs, both from movies that I remember from my childhood.

Sweet Pea's Lullaby from Popeye

Love from Robin Hood

I was thinking about maybe having TVM record versions of these, but how can you even try to reinterpret such perfection? I might change my mind about that though.

Google Translate Hilarity

So, we just got a review of our new CD A Year With The Very Most (which I'll be talking about in more detail later) from a blog in Germany. I always love reviews in non-English languages because it gives me an excuse to read the mangled English produced by Google Translate. Here's the funniest mangled review I've read in a long time.

Here's the original (which is quite complimentary, thankfully).

And here's Google's translation:

indiecater records for the specific ideas that are used. we went end of last year with the candy claws on virtual world tour, so we were in the same year the band to accompany the very most of their seasonal travel. because for each of the four natural wonder in the year they had at hand, the circular matching ep spring (summer, autumn, winter). It was now obvious, this song collection on a cd together and publish, including a "bonus tracks again. formerly offered as a download only eps can now, on a cd bundled to provide as physical tonträger shelf ins. 22.01.10 since yesterday is the "a year with the very most" good piece titled on indiecater relate to. The band from boise, idaho, convinces tunes primarily with saving, with two big and vocal harmony. the stylish arrangement, in part, each song concept, yet persuaded any doubters. is the twee-pop, or even quite large? who wanted to draw boundaries set, who compare it with belle and sebastian? the very most have developed a very own style that pulls from a growing self-confidence as well as to the collection of unbound label, and by marketing and detachment from any drawer mentality. rem just a sore. The cd can be heard on indiecater in full before we proceed to purchase, then, the cat in a bag somewhere gibts. The bonus track is actually a lake called the cover "kite"! buy and be happy!

Oh, man. "Is the twee-pop, or even quite large?" Well, that, my friend, is a question that mankind has been wrestling with for ages.

Thanks to das klienicum for the nice review, and thanks to the good folks at Google for providing a laugh while giving me, perhaps, the gist of what was in the review.

New site for A Year With The Very Most

Check it out right here!

Us on Balcony TV

Hope you enjoy.